Moderna vs Essia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Moderna
Access interactive digital textbooks from Moderna, Richmond, and Santillana Español. Engage with multimedia content like films, music, and animations to enhance learning. Offers specialized support for teachers, students, and families.
- Interactive digital textbooks
- Multimedia content (films, music, animations)
- Specialized support for users
- Access to Moderna, Richmond, Santillana Español works
- Enhanced learning experience
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SEJA BEM-VINDO! Este aplicativo reúne as obras didáticas da Moderna, Richmond e Santillana Español. Aqui, você encontra seus livros digitais interativos repletos de recursos multimídia, como filmes, músicas e animações. Assim, o ensino fica mais completo e o aprendizado ganha vida! ATENDIMENTO ESPECIALIZADO Professores, alunos e familiares podem receber orientações de uso do app e tirar suas dúvidas sobre os livros digitais. Ligue para: 0800 13 0033
Essia
This digital textbook platform offers interactive learning experiences designed to align with school curricula. Students can read books, complete assignments digitally, and interact with educational content and peers. It provides a practical way to access learning materials on mobile devices.
- Interactive digital textbooks
- Complete assignments digitally
- Offline reading capability
- Share book excerpts with classmates
- Interact with digital objects
- Ask teachers questions
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A Essia é uma plataforma de livros didáticos digitais e interativos, por meio da qual os livros são oferecidos de acordo com o projeto pedagógico de cada escola, mantendo o conteúdo de excelência produzido pelos maiores autores do Brasil. O aplicativo da Essia é a forma mais prática de acesso pelo seu iPhone ou iPad. Aqui você poderá: ler os livros didáticos com ou sem acesso à internet; fazer as tarefas propostas pelo seu professor de forma totalmente digital; compartilhar trechos do livro com seus colegas de sala; interagir com outros objetos digitais que sejam parte de seu seus livros; tirar dúvidas com seu professor; e estudar de uma forma muito mais interativa. Se sua escola adotou a Essia e você está ansioso para começar os estudos, faça o download do app, utilizando a mesma forma de login que você já utiliza na web. Vamos em frente!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Moderna at 3.0 against Essia's 1.3. Moderna also leads on review sentiment (10% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15.0). Essia's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Moderna holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Essia has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of Moderna's written reviews are positive against 0% of Essia's.
Moderna ships an update every 2 months, Essia fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Moderna | Essia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.3 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Santillana Educação Ltda | POLIGNO PLATAFORMA DIGITAL LTDA |
Customer experience
Moderna
Essia
In-app purchases
Moderna
No in-app purchases
Essia
No in-app purchases
